Built on site. Not in a studio.

rchive is an owner-operated reality capture practice based on the Sunshine Coast. We started on active building sites, before the plasterboard went on, and we still treat every capture like our own build.

Initiate comms
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Deployment protocol

The kit on every job

Field telemetryActive on site

Base
Sunshine Coast HQ
Corridor
Gympie → Brisbane → Gold Coast
Hardware
Matterport Pro3 · Class 1 LiDAR
Operator
Owner-operated · White Card
Pricing
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Why construction scanning first?

Most 3D virtual tour agencies stop at real estate marketing. We started in the dust of the pre-plaster stage, where errors can still be prevented.

Founded on site

Pretty photos don’t stop water leaks or saw blades

We didn’t start with glossy open homes. We started on active building sites, watching trades argue over misplaced conduits and builders forced into thousands of dollars of exploratory wall cuts.

We understand Australian construction realities, from 40 mm cavity wall clearances and timber stud tolerances to the frustration of buried junction boxes.

Our mission is simple: reliable, high-fidelity digital as-builts that save our clients real money, ease trade conflict and leave owners with a record of their structure.

Australian reality capture teamTrade-certified spatial technicians

Tenet 1

The 72-hour rough-in window

Once plasterboard goes on, mistakes get expensive to find. We work to a 24–48 hour turnaround to capture critical service runs before insulation hides them.

Tenet 2

Cavity wall & NCC awareness

We don’t treat scanning as photography. We know what matters in stud spacing, sub-slab penetrations and waterproofing junctions, and we make sure it’s captured.

Tenet 3

Zero-friction accountability

When variation disputes arise, a timestamped, high-fidelity LiDAR record gives builders and clients a shared visual reference they can both rely on.

Operated by builders, not tech telemarketers.

When you book a scan, you get an experienced operator on site who knows how to navigate an active build, communicate with trades and read architectural plans.

Field operator on an active building site Field operator & founder
On site across metro & regional QLDActive on site

A direct word from the field

I treat your slab and framing like my own build

I started this business out of frustration with third-party scanning companies who treated building sites like art galleries. My names Jack and I've been a Plumber for 11 years now - I've seen my fair share of dodgy works covered up to be forgotten about. Scanning your build keeps everyone honest, while also giving you the ability to see the quality of works for years to come. It Also helps in those situations where hanging a simple photo on the wall can turn out to be a costly mistake, don't ask me how I know.

When my ute pulls up to your site, I’m in steel caps and high-vis, carrying calibrated Matterport Pro3 LiDAR gear. I know how to talk to your chippies, sparkies and site supervisors without holding up their day.

  • Direct communicationDeal directly with the person holding the scanner, never an outsourced call centre.
  • Site safety & OH&S awareFull White Card, PPE compliance and zero disruption to active trade schedules.
  • Trade-literate captureSlab penetrations, vanity set-outs and AC rough-ins clearly documented.
Chat with the founder

Locally based. Rapidly mobilised across South East & regional QLD.

We aren’t remote contractors flying in from interstate. Our field technicians and LiDAR scanners deploy daily from our Sunshine Coast base across Greater Brisbane and the regional corridors.

Operational fleet: on site across SEQ

Where is your site?

Primary base hub

Sunshine Coast & hinterland

Our home base. Immediate deployment from Caloundra and Mooloolaba through Maroochydore, Noosa and hinterland estates, before lining closes the cavities.

Fast 24–48 hour turnaround windows for pre-plaster and frame structure capture.

Sunshine Coast HQ: Deploys daily with the full Pro3 LiDAR scanning kit.

Direct site coordination

Base hub active

Base HQ
Sunshine Coast
Dispatch radius
160 km+ N · 100 km+ S
Coverage
Gympie → Brisbane

Field compliance

  • White Card certified
  • Site-specific SWMS
  • $20M public liability insured

Files delivered digitally Australia-wide · MatterPak™ / E57 / BIM

The hardware behind every capture

We don’t estimate from smartphone depth sensors. We deploy pulsed time-of-flight LiDAR built for harsh outdoor daylight: architectural-grade capture that gives you a high-fidelity spatial reference of the site.

Spec 1

Sensor type

Class 1 eye-safe LiDAR

Rated to IEC 60825-1:2014 and operating at an invisible 904 nm wavelength, so it’s safe around active trades and occupants.

Spec 2

Capture range

Up to 100 m

Long-range depth capture across slabs, elevations and grounds. The full range is kept in E57 point cloud exports.

Spec 3

Panoramic resolution

134.2 MP HDR

Four camera stops per position build sharp, zoomable panoramas of trade markings, circuit tags and pipe labels.

Spec 4

Acquisition speed

100,000 pts / sec

Up to 1.5 million points per scan position in under 20 seconds, which keeps time on site short.

Spec 5

Environmental tolerance

IP43 · 0–40 °C

Unlike infrared depth cameras that struggle in sunlight, LiDAR captures open slabs, external elevations and roof structures in direct sun.

Spec 6

Data interoperability

E57 · XYZ · OBJ · RVT

Exports for Revit, AutoCAD, Archicad, Navisworks and Blender. Your MatterPak™ is yours to keep offline; E57 and BIM files on request.

Hardware verification: Every scan is captured on calibrated Class 1 LiDAR hardware, giving you a reliable digital as-built of cavity voids and slab layouts.

904 nm time-of-flightIP43 rated

Reference: Matterport publishes the full Pro3 hardware specifications.

Official Pro3 specs

From active job site to handover in 48 hours

We fit around your construction milestones without holding up trades, delaying concrete pours or locking you into software.

  1. 1
    Book

    Lock in the critical window

    Give us 24–48 hours’ notice before your pour or plasterboard. We coordinate with your site supervisor to scan during breaks or between trade handoffs.

    Zero trade stoppage · 60–90 min average capture

  2. 2
    On site

    Architectural-grade site sweep

    Our technician arrives inducted, with White Card, PPE and Pro3 LiDAR kit, and captures every slab penetration, conduit drop and framing void in full daylight.

    100k pts/sec · high-fidelity spatial reference

  3. 3
    Handover

    Handover & data you keep

    Your hosted 3D tour link goes live for the initial hosting period, alongside a MatterPak™ export that’s yours to keep offline for Revit, AutoCAD and Blender.

    MatterPak™ + hosted 3D tour link

Handover terms: hosting

Tour link · MatterPak™ · archive

3D tour linkInitial period

Hosted for an initial period after capture, ready for embeds and sharing. The link isn’t permanent.

MatterPak™ exportYours offline

Mesh, point cloud and plan imagery that you keep, ready for CAD and Blender. No hosting needed.

Archive Scan HostingOn request

Need the tour link again later? Contact us and we’ll reinstate hosting for a fee.

Hosted tours can’t be stored offline or viewed from a free account. Your MatterPak™ export is the offline copy.

Deployment standard: One scan. Every file your team needs to build, check and keep.

Lock in a scan windowRequest quote

[ 00 ] Our practice // field-first reality capture

Built on site. Not in a studio.

rchive is an owner-operated reality capture practice based on the Sunshine Coast. We started on active building sites, before the plasterboard went on, and we still treat every capture like our own build.

Initiate commsDeployment protocol
0437 596 350 Txt us

Our origin & philosophy

Why construction scanning first?

Most 3D virtual tour agencies stop at real estate marketing. We started in the dust of the pre-plaster stage, where errors can still be prevented.

Founded on site

Pretty photos don’t stop water leaks or saw blades

We didn’t start with glossy open homes. We started on active building sites, watching trades argue over misplaced conduits and builders forced into thousands of dollars of exploratory wall cuts.

We understand Australian construction realities, from 40 mm cavity wall clearances and timber stud tolerances to the frustration of buried junction boxes.

Our mission is simple: reliable, high-fidelity digital as-builts that save our clients real money, ease trade conflict and leave owners with a record of their structure.

Australian reality capture team

Trade-certified spatial technicians

T-01

The 72-hour rough-in window

Once plasterboard goes on, mistakes get expensive to find. We work to a 24–48 hour turnaround to capture critical service runs before insulation hides them.

T-02

Cavity wall & NCC awareness

We don’t treat scanning as photography. We know what matters in stud spacing, sub-slab penetrations and waterproofing junctions, and we make sure it’s captured.

T-03

Zero-friction accountability

When variation disputes arise, a timestamped, high-fidelity LiDAR record gives builders and clients a shared visual reference they can both rely on.

Boots on the ground

Operated by builders, not tech telemarketers.

When you book a scan, you get an experienced operator on site who knows how to navigate an active build, communicate with trades and read architectural plans.

Field operator on an active building site Field operator & founder
On site across metro & regional QLDActive on site

A direct word from the field

I treat your slab and framing like my own build

I started this business out of frustration with third-party scanning companies who treated building sites like art galleries. My names Jack and I've been a Plumber for 11 years now - I've seen my fair share of dodgy works covered up to be forgotten about. Scanning your build keeps everyone honest, while also giving you the ability to see the quality of works for years to come. It Also helps in those situations where hanging a simple photo on the wall can turn out to be a costly mistake, don't ask me how I know.

When my ute pulls up to your site, I’m in steel caps and high-vis, carrying calibrated Matterport Pro3 LiDAR gear. I know how to talk to your chippies, sparkies and site supervisors without holding up their day.

  • Direct communicationDeal directly with the person holding the scanner, never an outsourced call centre.
  • Site safety & OH&S awareFull White Card, PPE compliance and zero disruption to active trade schedules.
  • Trade-literate captureSlab penetrations, vanity set-outs and AC rough-ins clearly documented.

Regional base & dispatch corridor

Locally based. Rapidly mobilised across South East & regional QLD.

We aren’t remote contractors flying in from interstate. Our field technicians and LiDAR scanners deploy daily from our Sunshine Coast base across Greater Brisbane and the regional corridors.

Operational fleet: on site across SEQ

Base HQ: Sunshine CoastDispatch radius: 160 km+ N · 100 km+ SCoverage: Gympie → Brisbane

Primary base hub

Sunshine Coast & hinterland

Our home base. Immediate deployment from Caloundra and Mooloolaba through Maroochydore, Noosa and hinterland estates, before lining closes the cavities.

Fast 24–48 hour turnaround windows for pre-plaster and frame structure capture.

Sunshine Coast HQ:Deploys daily with the full Pro3 LiDAR scanning kit.

Direct site coordinationBase hub active
Field complianceWhite Card certifiedSite-specific SWMS$20M public liability insured

Files delivered digitally Australia-wide · MatterPak™ / E57 / BIM

Matterport Pro3 LiDAR // hardware specifications

The hardware behind every capture

We don’t estimate from smartphone depth sensors. We deploy pulsed time-of-flight LiDAR built for harsh outdoor daylight: architectural-grade capture that gives you a high-fidelity spatial reference of the site.

Spec 01

Sensor type

Class 1 eye-safe LiDAR

Rated to IEC 60825-1:2014 and operating at an invisible 904 nm wavelength, so it’s safe around active trades and occupants.

Spec 02

Capture range

Up to 100 m

Long-range depth capture across slabs, elevations and grounds. The full range is kept in E57 point cloud exports.

Spec 03

Panoramic resolution

134.2 MP HDR

Four camera stops per position build sharp, zoomable panoramas of trade markings, circuit tags and pipe labels.

Spec 04

Acquisition speed

100,000 pts / sec

Up to 1.5 million points per scan position in under 20 seconds, which keeps time on site short.

Spec 05

Environmental tolerance

IP43 · 0–40 °C

Unlike infrared depth cameras that struggle in sunlight, LiDAR captures open slabs, external elevations and roof structures in direct sun.

Spec 06

Data interoperability

E57 · XYZ · OBJ · RVT

Exports for Revit, AutoCAD, Archicad, Navisworks and Blender. Your MatterPak™ is yours to keep offline; E57 and BIM files on request.

Hardware verification:Every scan is captured on calibrated Class 1 LiDAR hardware, giving you a reliable digital as-built of cavity voids and slab layouts.

904 nm time-of-flightIP43 rated

Reference:Matterport publishes the full Pro3 hardware specifications.

Official Pro3 specs ↗

Seamless on-site protocol

From active job site to handover in 48 hours

We fit around your construction milestones without holding up trades, delaying concrete pours or locking you into software.

  1. Step 01Book

    Lock in the critical window

    Give us 24–48 hours’ notice before your pour or plasterboard. We coordinate with your site supervisor to scan during breaks or between trade handoffs.

    Zero trade stoppage · 60–90 min average capture

  2. Step 02On site

    Architectural-grade site sweep

    Our technician arrives inducted, with White Card, PPE and Pro3 LiDAR kit, and captures every slab penetration, conduit drop and framing void in full daylight.

    100k pts/sec · high-fidelity spatial reference

  3. Step 03Handover

    Handover & data you keep

    Your hosted 3D tour link goes live for the initial hosting period, alongside a MatterPak™ export that’s yours to keep offline for Revit, AutoCAD and Blender.

    MatterPak™ + hosted 3D tour link

Handover terms // hosting

Tour link · MatterPak™ · archive

3D tour linkInitial period

Hosted for an initial period after capture, ready for embeds and sharing. The link isn’t permanent.

MatterPak™ exportYours offline

Mesh, point cloud and plan imagery that you keep, ready for CAD and Blender. No hosting needed.

Archive Scan HostingOn request

Need the tour link again later? Contact us and we’ll reinstate hosting for a fee.

Hosted tours can’t be stored offline or viewed from a free account. Your MatterPak™ export is the offline copy.

Deployment standard:One scan. Every file your team needs to build, check and keep.

Lock in a scan windowRequest quote
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